51.   Opponents of abortion object to the use of embryonic stem cells because they are obtained by destroying an embryo.

52.   Opponents say that in obtaining embryonic stem cells, scientists destroy the embryos, killing human life to secure research material.

53.   Opponents of abortion oppose the research because embryos must be destroyed to generate the cells.

54.   Opponents say that in obtaining embryonic stem cells, scientists destroy the embryos, thus killing human life to secure research material.

55.   Opponents say that in the process of obtaining embryonic stem cells scientists destroy the embryos, thus killing human life to secure research material.

56.   Research firms that destroy new embryos to harvest stem cells, such as Advanced Cell Technology Inc. of Worcester, would not be eligible for federal support.

57.   Pro-life campaigners say life begins at the moment of conception, so destroying an embryo destroys a human.

58.   Stem cell research is opposed by antiabortion activists because extracting the cells from embryos left over from in-vitro fertilizations destroys the embryos.

59.   Stem cell research requires very few embryos to be destroyed.

60.   That work is controversial in itself, but there is something about the notion of scientists creating and destroying embryos solely for research purposes that arouses particularly intense opposition.